必考雅思單字 - 核心單字level 14

As a teenager, he had been contacted by his brother's adoptive parents and had been able to forge a new relationship with him.

十幾歲的時候，他哥哥的養父母聯繫了他，並與他建立了新的關係。

He was making progress, albeit rather slowly. Albeit difficult at times, speaking another language is rewarding.

他正在取得進步，儘管速度相當緩慢。雖然有時很困難，但會說另一種語言是有益的。

Don’t you sense the way people avert their gazes while you long for them to meet your eyes?

當你渴望他們與你的目光相遇時，你難道沒有感覺到人們轉移視線的方式嗎？

There's nothing new about companies averting responsibility for their workforce by shifting formal employment to subcontractors or calling workers independent contractors.

公司通過將正式就業轉移給分包商或稱工人為獨立承包商來避免對員工的責任並不是什麼新鮮事。

The office was bestowed on him by the chief of state. In 1903 it was decided to bestow degrees on women, and in 1904 to establish women's scholarships.

該職位由國家元首授予。1903年決定授予婦女學位，並於1904年設立婦女獎學金。

Clever strategists that we were, we decided to circumvent this problem or objection by presenting a symposium rather than submitting independent papers.

我們是聰明的戰略家，我們決定通過召開研討會而不是提交獨立論文來規避這個問題或反對意見。

colloquial and everyday language.

口語和日常用語。

Over the past few years, He have been creating fake companies to conceal the fraudulent checks.

在過去的幾年裡，他一直在創建假公司來掩蓋欺詐性支票。

The most contentious issue is likely to be a provision encouraging commissioners to facilitate voluntary co-operation by witness to be heard in private.

最有爭議的問題可能是鼓勵專員促進證人自願合作以私下聽取意見的條款。

This modern contrivance [=devices] can cook food faster.

這種現代發明 [=devices] 可以更快地烹飪食物。

The prisoners contrived a way to escape.

囚犯們想出了逃跑的方法。

Native Americans contrived [=designed] weapons out of stone, wood, and bone.

美洲原住民用石頭、木頭和骨頭設計[=設計]武器。

The storm produced a copious amount of rain.

風暴產生了大量的降雨。

I have a copious amount of work I have to do before I can leave the office.

在我離開辦公室之前，我有大量的工作要做。

She sat in the front row and took copious notes during the lecture.

她坐在前排，上課時做了大量的筆記。

Los Angeles has a copious amount of automobiles.

洛杉磯有大量的汽車。

Unequally spaced white stripes painted across the road leading up to an off-ramp have been used to create an illusion that counteracts motion adaptation and reduces driving speed.

在通往出口匝道的道路上繪製的不均勻間隔的白色條紋已被用來創造一種抵消運動適應並降低行駛速度的錯覺。

Negotiations ended in deadlock.

談判陷入僵局。

They called for a compromise on all sides to break the deadlock in the world trade talks.

他們呼籲各方達成妥協，以打破世界貿易談判的僵局。

Peace talks between the two sides ended in deadlock last month.

上個月，雙方和談陷入僵局。

The talks have reached a complete deadlock.

談判已經完全陷入僵局。

The strike appeared to have reached a deadlock.

罷工似乎陷入了僵局。

Discrete 是形容詞，意思是「個別的，不連續的」。這個詞常用於數學、科學或技術領域，描述由獨立部分組成或各自分開的事物。

The data is organized into discrete categories for analysis.

這些數據被組織成個別的類別以便分析。

Each department functions as a discrete unit within the company.

公司內的每個部門都作為一個獨立的單元運作。

Discrete particles of dust were visible in the air.

空氣中可以看到獨立的塵埃顆粒。 

In March, when we are antsy for all things spring yet blooms elude us, we can enjoy dried flowers from natural food and ethnic markets.

三月，當我們為萬物春暖花開而心煩意亂時，我們可以品嚐到來自天然食品和民族市場的干花。

The criminal has eluded the police for months.

這名罪犯已經躲避了警方數月。

The teacher's lecture engrossed the entire class.

老師的演講吸引了全班同學。

The hotel lobby was empty when we arrived and the sole receptionist was engrossed in her cellphone.

我們到達時酒店大堂空無一人，唯一的接待員全神貫注於她的手機。

In 1995, Lai founded Apple Daily, taking on Hong Kong's entrenched newspapers in a fierce price war.

1995 年，賴創辦了《蘋果日報》，與香港根深蒂固的報紙展開激烈的價格戰。

You know how wretched it is to eat something you shouldn't have and spend the next day and a half miserably expelling it from your body

你知道吃你不應該吃的東西，然後在接下來的一天半里悲慘地把它從你的身體裡排出是多麼的可憐

Those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their property

那些無法繳納稅款的人可能會沒收他們的財產

His attire will be haphazardly thrown together, but he'll still look good.

他的服裝會隨意地拼湊在一起，但他仍然會很好看。

A tornado is a funnel-shaped cloud that descends on land, creating havoc and destruction in its wake.

龍捲風是一種漏斗狀的雲，它降落在陸地上，在它的尾跡中造成破壞和破壞。

You have to go back 10 years, to the heyday of Radio 1, to find a station with a bigger audience.

你必須回到 10 年前，回到 Radio 1 的鼎盛時期，才能找到一個擁有更多觀眾的電台。

But these social ideologies were united in their underlying belief that economic progress was the way to go.

但是這些社會意識形態在他們的基本信念中是一致的，即經濟進步是要走的路。

In both photographs the inanimate face is shown in three-quarter profile facing right against a blank background.

在這兩張照片中，無生命的臉都以四分之三的輪廓顯示，面向空白背景。

I sat surrounded by flowers and portraits and innumerable tributes to him.

我坐在鮮花、肖像和無數對他的致敬中。

The average adult human brain only weighs about three pounds, but it consumes an inordinate amount of glucose, oxygen, and blood flow.

成年人的大腦平均僅重約三磅，但它會消耗過多的葡萄糖、氧氣和血流。

Now, during the US war on Iraq, news from the frontlines is seamlessly interspersed with news from the stock markets.

現在，在美國對伊拉克的戰爭期間，來自前線的消息與來自股市的消息無縫穿插。

Refrain from intoxicating drink and drugs which lead to carelessness.

避免導致粗心大意的令人陶醉的飲料和藥物。

The dancers are attractive, agile, limber and fully equipped for contemporary ballet’s technical demands.

舞者有吸引力、敏捷、靈活，並且裝備齊全，可以滿足當代芭蕾舞的技術需求。

A grove of crotons became a magical jungle where snakes and other exotic creatures lurked, waiting to pounce.

一片巴豆樹林變成了一個神奇的叢林，蛇和其他外來生物潛伏在那裡，等待突襲。

Snowboarders performed daring manoeuvres on precipitous slopes. It would seem a shame to turn down such a cunning manoeuvre without a compelling need.

單板滑雪者在陡峭的斜坡上進行了大膽的動作。如果沒有迫切的需要，拒絕這種狡猾的動作似乎是一種恥辱。

(as adjective marginalized) The term ethnic minority is often used to refer to marginalized cultural groups.

（作為形容詞被邊緣化）少數民族一詞通常用於指代被邊緣化的文化群體。

The sale of the building had a minuscule effect on the profits of the corporation.

建築物的出售對公司的利潤影響很小。

To determine a planet’s mass, astronomers typically measure the minuscule movement of the star caused by the gravitational tug of an orbiting planet.

為了確定行星的質量，天文學家通常會測量由軌道行星的引力牽引引起的恆星的微小運動。

Electric vehicle drivers will be able to charge their cars without cost for a two-year trial period; then there will be a nominal fee.

電動汽車司機將可以免費為他們的汽車充電，試用期為兩年；然後會有像徵性的費用。

One rule of thumb—that nominal growth in gross domestic product is a decent guide to the 10-year bond yield—has broken down.

一條經驗法則——國內生產總值的名義增長是 10 年期債券收益率的良好指南——已經被打破。

It's not a point of view I've ever heard before, and I may not entirely have got the subtler nuances of it.

這不是我以前聽過的觀點，而且我可能並不完全了解它的細微差別。

If protest demonstrations and rallies can be confined to select areas and organised peacefully without obstructing the free movement of others, nobody can complain.

如果抗議示威和集會可以僅限於特定區域並和平組織而不妨礙他人的自由流動，那麼沒有人可以抱怨。

Our professor encouraged us to dream big about what our life could be like, and not be "boxed in" by ideologies or preconceptions about others.

我們的教授鼓勵我們對自己的生活抱有遠大的夢想，不要被意識形態或對他人的先入之見所“束縛”。

It was a lesson in the ugliness of preconceptions, the peril of jumping to conclusions.

這是關於先入為主的醜陋和草率下結論的危險的教訓。

Preconceived notions are prejudices about what is supposed to happen during the ritual, or the way in which the ritual must be done.

先入為主的觀念是對儀式期間應該發生的事情或儀式必須進行的方式的偏見。

While people can certainly be allergic to eating fish, viewing their aquatic beauty should not cause profuse sneezing.

雖然人們肯定會對吃魚過敏，但觀看它們的水生美景不應引起大量打噴嚏。

The esteemed university was issuing profuse apologies this week after hundreds of early applicants were mistakenly informed that they had been accepted.

在數百名早期申請者被錯誤地告知他們已被錄取後，這所受人尊敬的大學本週發表了大量道歉。

Most blogs are a form of personal propaganda, stating views in an authoritative tone.

大多數博客都是個人宣傳的一種形式，以權威的語氣陳述觀點。

The bright light was radiant with the morning rays of red, orange, pink, and gold, reflecting brilliantly on the glasslike water.

明亮的光芒在晨曦中散發著紅色、橙色、粉色和金色的光芒，在玻璃般的水面上反射出耀眼的光芒。

If a particle moves faster than the speed of light, it must create a shockwave, and radiate energy.

如果粒子的運動速度超過光速，它必須產生衝擊波並輻射能量。

Her smile reassures David the outfit he chose was a wise decision.

她的微笑讓大衛放心，他選擇的服裝是一個明智的決定。

The energy of attraction between opposite charges is reciprocally related to the distance between the charges.

相反電荷之間的吸引力與電荷之間的距離成反比。

There is much poverty and anguish in the world, and it breeds resentment and envy.

世界上有很多貧窮和痛苦，它滋生了怨恨和嫉妒。

Her approach to film is not unlike that of photography: careful composition, rigorous planning of the frame, scrupulous attention to visual detail and regular use of a stationary camera.

她的電影方法與攝影沒有什麼不同：仔細的構圖、嚴格的框架規劃、對視覺細節的一絲不苟的關注以及經常使用固定相機。

A large proportion are children who have barely obtained rudimentary education and live in shacks without basic amenities. The first digit, or dew claw, is rudimentary but clawed and does not contact the ground.

很大一部分是幾乎沒有接受過基本教育的孩子，他們住在沒有基本設施的棚屋裡。第一個數字，或露爪，很簡陋，但有爪子，不接觸地面。

How are you supposed to follow the story when you're constantly making sarcastic comments about the hammy acting.

當你不斷地對哈米的表演發表諷刺評論時，你應該如何關注這個故事。

Through humour, satire, and a range of experiments with language, the collection offers an oblique commentary on Caribbean society. The film is an incisive satire on religion and British society, with the Church of England hierarchy particularly coming in for a skewering.

通過幽默、諷刺和一系列語言實驗，該系列提供了對加勒比社會的間接評論。這部電影是對宗教和英國社會的精闢諷刺，尤其是英格蘭教會的等級制度。

No-one is suggesting that all science funded by company money is skewed or biased or lacking independence.

沒有人認為所有由公司資金資助的科學都是有偏差的、有偏見的或缺乏獨立性的。

A person in this stage also participates in transforming racial and cultural stereotypes, biases, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors. People just do not understand the issues, or have stereotyped views of how a lesbian or gay man behaves and use it as a basis to criticise their lifestyle.

這個階段的人也參與改變種族和文化的刻板印象、偏見、態度、信仰和行為。人們只是不了解問題，或者對女同性戀或男同性戀的行為有成見，並以此為基礎進行批評他們的生活方式。

Affected children usually have stunted physical growth, as well as irreparably retarded mental development.

受影響的兒童通常身體發育遲緩，以及不可挽回的智力發育遲緩。

Young people who feel good about themselves are less likely to succumb to negative pressure.

自我感覺良好的年輕人不太可能屈服於負面壓力。

There was something strange in that moment when she looked at him, something unearthly and mysterious.

看著他的那一刻，有一種奇怪的感覺，一種超凡脫俗的神秘。

The hunger I felt was the kind you could only get after using up large amounts of energy on vigorous physical activity.

我感覺到的飢餓感是你在劇烈的體力活動中消耗大量能量後才能得到的那種。

Her vigorous defense of the case impressed everyone.

她對案件的有力辯護給大家留下了深刻的印象。

The Category 5 storm wreaked havoc, doing more than $20 billion in damage and making it by far the costliest hurricane ever in United States history.

5 級風暴造成嚴重破壞，造成超過 200 億美元的損失，使其成為迄今為止美國歷史上損失最慘重的颶風。

She leveraged her newfound power, bringing the country to the zenith of its post-World World II influence in Europe.

她利用她新獲得的力量，將這個國家帶到了二戰後歐洲影響力的頂峰。

I have a personal affection for Lincoln’s second inaugural address, and I believe it should be elevated to the zenith of presidential speeches.

我對林肯的第二次就職演說有個人感情，我認為它應該被提升到總統演講的頂峰。